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OCTOBER 24, 1959
Shaw University Bulletin
Greetings :
We are sure that you will be
interested in the following informa-
tion regarding the special events
scheduled for this fall and we trust
that you will plan early to share the
occasions with us.
ALUMNI INSTITUTE— Friday,
October 23. This is a new feature
as a preliminary to Home-coming
Day. Its purpose is to acquaint our
alumni with the total program of
the University. Presentations will
be made in morning and afternoon
sessions, each to be followed by free
and full discussion. The Institute
will close with a social event in the
evening. If you wish to be brought
up-to-date on all phases of the Uni-
versity program we urge you to be
present for this Institute. We are
asking each alumni club to select
delegates to attend the Institute and
bring back an official report to the
club.
HOME-COMING DAY— Saturday, October 24. Shaw University vs.
Johnson C. Smith University. Aside from the exciting football game
the celebration will include the usual gala parade and other festivities
for your enjoyment. Please note that Home-coming will be earlier this
year and not in conjunction with Founder's Day.
You should plan to arrive on Thursday or early Friday morning. Let
us know when you expect to arrive so that we may arrange for your
comfort. Lodging will be provided free on the campus to the extent
of our capacity, and meals will be served at the nominal student rates.
FOUNDER'S DAY BENEFIT DINNER— Thursday, November 19,
7:30 p.m. This is a part of the Baptist State Convention's campaign
to raise $250,000.00 for Shaw University; it will be a grand occasion
in which you should share. Patrons' tickets are $10.00 each and the
names of patrons will appear in the souvenir program. Be a patron
whether you can come or not. Our goal is $30,000.00. Checks should
be made out to Shaw University.
FOUNDER'S DAY— Friday, November 20, 94th Anniversary. The
University has had a long and glorious history and is proud of her sons
and daughters who are rendering distinguished service throughout
the world. The featured speaker will be Attorney Angie Brooks, Assist-
ant Secretary of State, Liberia, West Africa. Miss Brooks is an alumna
of Shaw University. The Benefit Dinner and Founder's Day observance
should bring in $50,000.00 for the University. We need the funds in
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order to meet our obligations. Generous gifts from individuals and
clubs are earnestly solicited.
We are asking all club presidents to call a meeting for the purpose
of informing the members regarding our events for the fall. If there
is no club in your community please call together the alumni and former
students in the area.
With kind personal regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
William R. Strassner
President
HOMECOMING CELEBRATION
October 23, 24, 25, 1959
Pre-Homecoming Alumni Institute, October 23, 1959
Morning Session — 10:00 A.M.
Afternoon Session— 2:30 P.M.
West Campus Auditorium
Reception, 8:00 P.M., Spaulding Gymnasium
Homecoming — Saturday, October 24, 1959
HOUR ACTIVITY PLACE
6:00-8:00 a.m. Breakfast Social Spaulding Gymnasium
9:00-9:30 a.m. Panhellenic Coffee Hour Student Center,
West Campus
9:30 a.m. Alumni Meeting West Campus Auditorium
12:00 noon Pre-Parade Concert Band Spaulding Gymnasium
1:00 p.m. Homecoming Parade Parade Route
2:00 p.m. Football Game Chavis Park
8:00 p.m. Alumni Get-Together Place to be announced
Sunday, October 25. 1959
11:00 a.m. Worship Service Universitv Church
SPECIAL GUESTS AT HOMECOMING
The football team of 1920 will celebrate its 40th anniversary at the
Homecoming celebration and will be presented during the half-time
show. Mr. C. E. Lightner was the coach. Mr. L. W. "Biggie" Ligon,
a member of the team, recalls that this team played three regulation
games in five days.
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FOUNDER'S DAY
November 20, 1959
Program for the observance of the Ninety-Fourth Anniversary of
Shaw University, Friday, November 20, 1959.
10:45 a.m. — Memorial Service at Founder's Grave
11:00 a.m. — Founder's Day Program University Church
Address by Attorney Angie E. Brooks,
Assistant Secretary of State of Liberia
Monrovia, West Africa
1:00 p.m. — Luncheon — University Dining Hall.
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Alumni Notes
Named Trustee Chairman
Dr. John W. White, pastor of
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
Church of Asheville, North Carolina
has been named chairman of the
board of trustees of Shaw Univer-
sity. Dr. White received the B.A.
and B.D. degrees at Shaw and the
University conferred the honorary
degree doctor of divinity upon him
at the Ninetieth Annual Commence-
ment on May 30, 1955.
He has been director of the Bap-
tist Training Union Department of
the General Baptist State Conven-
tion, served as editor of the Inter-
mediate BTU quarterly, and organ-
ized several h u n d r e d training
unions.
Dr. White is a staunch supporter
of Shaw and has assisted approxi-
mately 100 students in attending
the University. He is vice-president
of the General Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and is also
director of a $250,000 campaign for Shaw.
Dr. John R. Larkins Receives More Honors
The North Carolina Federation of Negro Women's Clubs, in their
fiftieth Anniversary session, honored Dr. J. R. Larkins, Public Welfare
Consultant of Raleigh, Mrs. E. M. Spellman of Elizabeth City awarded
Larkins a certificate for meritorious, Christian and civic service to the
people of his community, state and country.
Dr. Larkins has been connected with the State Department of Wel-
fare since 1942 as consultant. He has worked closely with the Federa-
tion, state agencies, and interested citizens in bringing about what
Mrs. Spellman calls "greater awareness of our social responsibility as
mature adults of the children of our state."
The consultant is credited with having been of invaluable assistance
to authorities in establishing the school for mentally retarded Negro
children at Goldsboro and the State Training School for Girls at
Kinston.
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Receives Foreign Diploma With Honors
Thomas E. Kee, associate profes-
sor of romance languages at Shaw
University studied for six weeks at
the Institute d'Etudes Francaises
pour Etrangers in Pau, conducted
by the University of Bordeaux at
its summer session in Pau. Mr. Kee
was selected as one of the seven
students to go on a graduate French
study tour of Europe, which was
sponsored by the Teachers College,
Columbia University, New York. At
the University of Bordeaux he was
placed with a superior group, passed
the required examination with
honor, and was awarded the De
Plome d' etude Francaises Degre
Superieur, Universiti de Bordeaux.
Mr. Kee received the A.B. degree
at Shaw University in 1947 and the
M.A. degree from Columbia Univer-
sity in 1948. He has done further
study at Middlebury College, Vermont. He received additional credits
toward the advanced degree as a result of the foreign study tour.
The Department of Schools and Colleges of the American Baptist
Convention awarded a grant to Mr. Kee for this foreign study.
Named Area Directors at Elizabeth City State
The academic area at Elizabeth City State Teachers College will be
headed by Dr. Charles Lyons, Jr., who also will be acting dean of the
college. A graduate of Shaw University with the A.B. degree in the
class of '49, Dr. Lyons received the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Ohio
State University. He has previously served in the Raleigh Public
Schools, in the Juvenile Diagnostic center in Columbus, Ohio, and in
Grambling College. Dr. Lyons is a native of Bethel, North Carolina.
Professor Edna C. Mitchell, former head of the English department,
has been named director of publications. She received the A.B. degree
at Shaw University in the class of 1923. She holds the master's degree
from Columbia University, and has done advanced graduate work at
Columbia and New York Universities.
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SHAW ALUMNI CHOSEN AS FAMILY OF THE YEAR— Grady
D., Jr., Dr. Grady D. Davis, Deryl, Mrs. Dorothy Hick Davis. Psyche
Darzette, and Hahatma Ghandi Davis — a happy Family of the Year.
Congratulations to the Grady D. Davis Family which was chosen
Raleigh's Negro Family of the Year, sponsored by the Family Service
Society.
Dr. Davis is dean of the Shaw University School of Religion, and
minister of Oberlin Baptist Church. He was graduated with the A.B.
degree in Religion at Shaw University in 1942. He subsequently served
in European Theatre operations until 1946. Afterwards, he studied at
Andover-Newton Theological School, Newton Center, Massachusetts
and Boston University and was awarded the Ph.D. degree from the
latter institution.
Mrs. Davis attended Shaw for three years and majored in Home
Economics. As a housewife she finds her academic major a great ad-
vantage as she sews for the family, having tailored a summer suit
for her husband, which he wears boastfully.
The children have learned early to share in the domestic chores, in-
cluding cooking and ironing.
The Grady D. Davis family is a very remarkable family!
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SHAW UNIVERSITY'S CLASS OF '29 HOLDS REUNION—
Pictured are some of the members of the Shaw University Class of
1929 who met on the campus during commencement time for a reunion
and presented their alma mater with a check for $500.00. Front row,
left to right are, Nixon L. Cannady, principal, Cooper High School,
Clayton; Miss Lois Turner, instructor, Fayetteville State Teachers
College, Fayettevile; Mrs. Margaret Spivey, Public School System,
Fayetteville; Dr. W. E. Merritt, dentist, Clinton; Miss Effie Yeargin,
Raleigh School System; A. D. Smith, principal, Newbold Training
School, New Bern; Henry D. Cooper, principal, R. L. Vann,
High School, Ahoskie; Second row: Samuel L. Parham, White Plains
Housing Authority, New York; Mrs. Loretta Bryant Smith, instructor,
public School System, Craven County; S. T. Gibson, Manager, Acme
Realty Company, Raleigh; Mrs. Abner Aggrey Lancaster, instructor,
Salisbury; R. H. Toole, principal, Lockhart School, Wake County; Back
row: Henry Black, U. S. Mail Service, Fayetteville; John L. Spivey,
principal, Washington Drive Elementary School, Fayetteville.
Miss Elma R. Melton of Spring Hope, North Carolina is employed at
the John A. Wilkinson High School in Belhaven. Miss Bertha Greene,
who is a native of Belhaven, is also teaching at this school. Mr. R. P.
Carr, a 1932 graduate is the principal.
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Dr. Wayne 0. Reed, Deputy Commissioner, U. S. Office of Education,
Department of Hea'th Education and Welfare, Washington, D. C,
addressed 85 graduates of the class of 1959 at Shaw University on May
25, at the University's ninety-fourth annual commencement which was
held in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium.
President Strassner presided.
Honorary Doctor of Divinity degrees were conferred on the Reverend
Rufus Irving Boone, minister, Central Baptist Church, Wilmington;
Reverend Wendell Randolph Grigg, secretary, department of interracial
cooperation, Baptist State Convention of North Carolina; and the
Reverend John Robert Rudolph McRay, minister, Cornerstone Mission-
ary Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
The University Plaque for Distinguished Service went to Mrs.
E. Corienne Brown Calvin of the class of 1929, Alonzo Taliafaerro
Tuck, class of 1911 (Theological Alumni).
Golden Anniversary Awards were presented to the following mem-
bers of the class of 1909: Dr. L. P. Armstrong, Rocky Mount; Dr.
Henry Blue, New York; Dr. Dennis Branch, Newport, Tenn. ; Dr.
William P. Carter, Gastonia; Mrs. Ruth Norris Edwards, Durham;
Reverend J. R. Faison, Wadesboro; Mrs. Ernestine Pegues Hamlin,
Raleigh; Edward Davis Martin, Mount Olive; John Adams Martin,
New Bern ; Attorney Roger D. O'Kelly, Raleigh ; Dr. James A. Tinsley,
Weldon; Arthur A. Wall, Ranking, Pa. ; N. M. Watson, Memphis, Tenn. ;
W. H. Whitted, Selma Alabama; and Mrs. Florence McNeil Williams,
Shannon.
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Shaw Alumna Accepts New Post
Mrs. Caesarea D. Debnam, gradu-
ate of Shaw University, and holder
of the M. A. Degree and Profession-
al Diploma in Supervision from
Teachers College, Columbia Univer-
sity was appointed to the position
of Supervisor of Wake County
Schools to succeed Mrs. Odessa H.
Roberts, also an alumna of Shaw,
who resigned after thirty years of
service as teacher and supervisor in
this capacity.
Mrs. Debnam, who was a long
time teacher in the public schools
of North Carolina, served also as
Assistant Professor of Education
at Shaw University for several
years. Her recent experience in-
cludes successful teaching in the
Durham City System, and visiting
instructor of Curriculum and Read-
ing at Fayetteville State Teachers
College.
She is the wife of Mr. Henry D. Debnam, Principal of the Spaulding
High School, Spring Hope, N. C.
Raleigh Shaw Club Presents Virginia State
Band In Concert
On April 15, 1959, the Raleigh Chapter of the Shaw University Club
sponsored the presentation of the Virginia State Band in a concert as a
project to augment the Athletic Fund. The report from the committee
was received on May 20, 1959, and was not included in our last bulletin
which had already gone to press. We thought that other alumni
chapters and members would be interested in knowing about the
success of this effort, so we are including the report in this issue and
also a picture of some of the members who participated. Indications
point to increased loyalty and support among our alumni clubs, which
are found all over the country, and their enthusiasm seems to be re-
juvenated. With your continued manifestation of love for your alma
mater, Shaw University must "move forward!"
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RALEIGH CHAPTER, SHAW CLUB. These are some of the mem-
bers of the Raleigh Chapter of the Shaw Club who participated in
the Virginia State Band project. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Pauline
H. Parker, Secretary; Mrs. W. Cathryn High, Vice-President, Mr. R.
H. Toole, President; Mrs. Mildred L. Chavis, Treasurer, Mrs. Mary
B. Sapp. Second Row: Mr. Frank Watson, Mrs. Acldie G. Logan, Miss
Mary L. Barnes, Mrs. Blanche A. Rivers, Miss Mildred Wagstaff, Mrs.
Ann Hurdle, Mr. H. E. High, promotion chairman. Third Row: Mrs.
Eliza Holloivay, Mrs. Vivian Brown, Mr. Vernon Malone, Mr. W. W.
Hurdle, Mrs. Effie F. Young, Mrs. H. M. Edmondson. Back Row:
Messrs. P. U. Watson, Roman Walton, D. H. Keck and C. A. Marriott.
Report of the Virginia State Band Project
Receipts :
Sale of tickets $451.50
Door 7.00
Contributions 30.00
Total $488.50
Disbursements :
Board, lodging, honorarium to band $123.70
Irving-Swain Pess (tickets) 10.50
Postage 2.88
Shaw University Athletic Fund 339.50
Receipts: $488.50
Disbursements $476.58
Total $476.58
Balance $ 11.92
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. M. C. Crockett and
H. E. High, co-chairmen
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Advanced Degrees Conferred Upon Our
Graduates
Information has reached this office that in 1959 advanced degrees
were conferred upon Shaw University graduates as listed:
North Carolina College at Durham: Master of Arts in education,
Dorothy Raines Andrews, Edmond Manier Haywood, Keyster Person
and Joseph Henry Walters; English, Annie R. Beasley, Arimenthia
Foriest Stephenson. Master of Science in Physical Education, Johnnie
Edward Jowers, and Leroy Way. Home economics, Ella W. Reid. Master
of Education, Sarah Brinson Best, Louise Beatrice Chavis, Catherine
Hall Eason, Josephine Louise Graham, Grayce C. Hall, Fannie Vick
Latham, Pattie Mable Smith. Master of Science in Library Science,
Cora Washington Artis, Elizabeth Mae Jordan, Sylvia Gregory Miller.
Ohio State University : Master of Education, Georgia Anna Bryant
Mason.
Hoivard University: Bachelor of Divinity, James Ruff in. Doctor of
Medicine, Hobart C. Price.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: Master of Education,
in physical sciences, Harriett L. Nunn.
University of Virginia: Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Lawrence
C. Bryant.
University of Chicago: Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, Wilmoth
A. Carter.
According to the June 20, 1959 issue of the Carolinian, Mr. Vernon
Clark, class of 1951, has been appointed to a teaching position at Spel-
man College in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Clark received the M. S. degree
in Biology at North Carolina College and has done further study toward
the doctorate at Michigan State University.
Miss Joycelyn Lynch, sixteen year old daughter of Mr. George K. and
Mrs Louise M. Lynch of Brooklyn, New York, has established a prece-
dent by becoming the first Negro girl to be elected president of the
student body at Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School in Brooklyn.
Joselyn's parents are graduates of Shaw University. Mrs. Lynch is the
former Louise Hinton of Raleigh. Mr. Lynch, a realtor, is chairman
of the Trustee Board of Janes Methodist Church. Mrs. Lynch is con-
ductor of the junior choir of Janes Church, and is a teacher in the
Public School Number 83. Miss Lynch, an honor graduate of Holy
Rosary Catholic School, is also a student of athletic ability, having
helped the school's varsity basketba 1 ! team to win two or three victories,
and tied another score in a tournament at Brooklyn College early this
year.
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CLUB HONOREE'S FATHER PRESENTS SON'S PICTURE TO
CHARLOTTE CHAPTER. Mr. Fred L. Brewer Sr., of Charlotte,
presents a 11 x 13 picture of his son Fred Jr. (for whom the club was
named ) to Mr. Cedric H. Jones, president of the Alumni Club. Brewer,
who was a second lieutenant in the Army Air Force, lost his life in
the service of his country during World War II.
Standing beside Mr. Brewer is Mrs. Maria Ellis Wynne, Chapter
historian. Looking on is Mrs. Bernice Byrd Douglas, former recording
secretary of the organization and high school classmate of the deceased
honoree.
In 1953 the thirty-two member organization was chartered in honor
of the deceased Shawite. Now there are over sixty active members,
which include Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Brewer Sr.
Mrs. Maria E. Wynn, in collaboration with Mr. Cedric H. Jones,
completed the club's history in April, under the chairmanship of Miss
Mae Ella Garrison. A set of by-laws was adopted at the April meeting.
The chapter recently entertained the Baptist Ministers of Charlotte
with a fellowship reception at the Phillis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. Mrs.
Verme le Diamond Ely and Mrs. Amelia Alexander Lewis, planned the
affair. Guest Shawite attending the reception was Miss Rachael V.
Jones of the Shepard Shaw Club in Zebulon.
Other activities of the year included a project in the fall which was
sponsored by the scholarship committee under the chairmanship of
Mr. Walter G. Byers and Miss Eleanor Y. Long.
Other officers are Mr. John H. Kibler, Dr. Spencer E. Durante, Mrs.
Sarah Cherry Ballard and Mr. John H. Wilson.
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Wedding* Bells Ring For Alumni
Miss Juanita Hicks of Raleigh, who was graduated in 1958 with the
A. B. degree with a major in business education, was married on June
27, 1959 to her high school sweetheart Mr. John Baker Jr. of Raleigh.
Mr. Baker is a star end with the Los Angeles Rams professional football
team. The couple left on July 15, for the west coast.
Mrs. Carrie Hall Drake, class of '41 became the bride of Mr. J. Otha
WLliams on June 13, at Shaw University's West Campus. Mrs. Williams
is a primary teacher at the Fuquay Springs Consolidated School,
Fuquay Springs.
Miss Beadie Lucile Griswold, owner of the Deluxe Hotel in Raleigh,
was married in June to Mr. Ruffin Lee Paige. The wedding took place
at the first Baptist Church.
Mrs. Ruth M. Lawrence (nee Moore) and Mr. Bruce Bethea were
married in a quiet ceremony at the home of Mrs. Bessie Moore of
Fayetteville Street on Sunday, June 21, 1959.
Mr. P. U. Watson, counselor at the J. W. Ligon High School, has
received a grant for study in the field of guidance. He was one of the
two persons selected from the state of North Carolina to participate
in the National Defense Counseling and Guidance Training Institute.
This is the first year of such an institute which was set up under the
qualifications of personnel engaged in counseling or guidance.
Mr. Watson received the B. S. degree, majoring in mathematics, at
Shaw University and the M. A. degree from Columbia University. He
attended Atlanta University this past summer.
Dr. James W. Thornton, class of '15 (pharmacy), of Mount Vernon,
New York, served as chairman of the arrangement committee for the
Independence Day Celebration titled "Salute to the Colonial Town of
Eastchester," which was held Ju 7 y 4, 1959 in connection with the New
York State "Year of History." Dr. Thornton was master of ceremonies
at the interesting program which was highlighted by an address by
Honorable Edwin B. Dooley, Congressman, 26th District, New York,
and a personal message by President Eisenhower.
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1959 Varsity Football Schedule
HOME GAMES
September 26... — ~~ — Virginia Union University
October 3 ~ ..—Saint Augustine's College
October 24 (HOMECOMING)-- Johnson C. Smith University
November 14 Lincoln University
GAMES AWAY
October 10 .— Virginia State College
Petersburg, Virginia
October 17 - Elizabeth City State College
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
October 31.--. .— North Carolina College
Durham, North Carolina
November 7 . OPEN DATE __
November 21 .—Maryland State College
Princess Anne, Maryland
All home games will be played at Chavis Park — 2:00 p.m.
J. E. Lytle, Athletic Director
Clifton Anderson, Head Coach
ADVANCE SALE FOR HOMECOMING TICKETS
Homecoming tickets may be purchased in advance for $1.75 at the
following places : Hamlin Drug Company, East Hargett Street ;
Community Drug Company, South Blount Street; Webster & Hicks
Grill, Edenton Street at Idlewild Avenue; Knotty Pine Grill CKenney
Massenburg), West South Street.
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